The series is produced by Endor Productions for the Fox Networks Group of Europe and Africa. As well as co creating the series, Parkhill also serves as showrunner,Deep State Season 1DVD executive producer and director of four of the eight episodes. The series premiered in the United States on June on Epix. A second series was commissioned on April. Deep State is a British television espionage thriller series, written and created by Matthew Parkill and Simon Maxwell,Deep State Season 1 that first broadcast in the United Kingdom on Fox on April. The first eight part series, which began filming in May, stars Mark Strong as Max Easton, a former Field Agent for MI who is recruited back into the field. The series co stars Joe Dempsie, Karima McAdams, Lyne Renee, Anastasia Griffith and Alistair Petrie.